Early Days

Chris Brunelle will spend about a month recuperating from a suicide bomber attack that left one soldier dead and Brunelle and another solider burned. All three were in Iraq with the 623rd Field Artillery (Alpha Battery) based in Tompkinsville.

Darlene Humphress and the Central Kentucky News-Journal have been recognized with the American Cancer Society’s 2004 Media Award for Print Best Single Story for a rural market.

TEN YEARS AGO
Feb. 17, 2005
Jessica Belcher, a senior at Campbellsville University, is the Central Kentucky News-Journal’s newest Journalism Scholars Program intern.
James Morgan Milby of Campbellsville has been selected to participate in the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. from Feb. 15 – 20.

TEN YEARS AGOFeb. 10, 2005
Dr. J. Chester Badgett was honored on Jan. 16 by members of Campbellsville Baptist Church. Badgett served as pastor of Campbellsville Baptist from Feb. 19, 1950 until his retirement in June 1980.

Successful deer hunters set another record this past season, harvesting 124,735 deer. The total surpassed the 2003 record of 116,540 and the total of 115,082 during the 2002 season.

Bill Cassell, public information director for the city of Campbellsville, has resigned to accept a position as instructor with the leadership development section of the Department of Criminal Justice Training in Richmond.

Bethel Christian Academy kindergarten students celebrated the Christmas season with a program for their families.